This image of the Green Hornet and Kato above was one I created in Illustrator. I was inspired to do this on St. Patrick’s Day while watching a Green Hornet marathon. The Green Hornet is a crime pulp character that debuted in 1936 in his own radio show and this fictional character had a connection to the Lone Ranger. This is a character that can fit in both the superhero and crime genres, so I decided he and Kato can fit in this blog of mine. I was exposed to this character on the late 60’s show, which starred Van Williams as the GH and the soon to be famous Bruce Lee as Kato. This show was created by the same producers as the BATMAN show at the time. While this show was a bit more serious with the Green Hornet, who himself was treated as a criminal of sorts, the BATMAN show was a bit more colorful and campy. The GH tended to fight more gangsters and normal criminal types, while Batman took on more wild and costumed type villains. The GH and BM shows did have a crossover episode, which even as a kid I was never crazy about. I felt the plot and villain they took on just did not seem worthy of such a team up. For more information on the Green Hornet and Kato check out this link below.
